Hardest working Royal Princess Anne delights crowds as they brave the rain in Lancashire to give warm welcome

Incessant heavy rain didn’t stop throngs of royalists from lining the streets of Trawden to catch a glimpse of senior royal Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, who visited the village.

The late Queen’s daughter visited the Trawden Arms and Trawden Forest Community Centre this afternoon to witness community projects in the vilage which was the first in Britain where residents clubbed together to buy its library, post office, shop, community centre and pub to save them from closure.

Princess Anne had previously visited Helmshore Mills Textile Museum in Rossendale earlier in the day.